Annie's Blog

Orkney holiday sunshine on Birsay Bay

Published on 14/10/2018

Started planning your spring holiday break for 2019? Hopefully these pictures will tempt you to come to Annie's Place on Birsay Bay. These photos taken today, showcase the wonderful sea path walk from our self catering apartment doorstep. Guests love to walk to the garden wall, through the gate and onwards to the Brough of Birsay, the Whalebone, and the Northside Cliffs along The St Magnus Way. Come and stay with

Face lift for our self catering accommodation underway at last!

Published on 05/10/2018

Visitors to Palace village in Birsay cannot help but see that we are in process of transforming our Orkney home and self catering apartment back to its 1760's original appearance by removing the 1970's grey cement and harling. Golden sandstone is being revealed, although it is getting a bit of a blasting by the machinery involved in removing the modern materials. The scaffolders and builder have themselves been blasted by

Seabird Frenzy on Birsay Bay, Orkney

Published on 26/09/2018

The seabirds love high tide on Birsay Bay, especially on a stormy day; the waves smash onto the seaweed disturbing insects which float on the tide for the birds to gobble up as each wave ebbs and flows. Wonderful for our self catering guests to view from our shoreline bench at any time of year come rain or shine! This views looks south from our shoreline bench to Marwick Head. The

Gem of a spot! And absolutely fantastic hosts! Thanks Anne and Robin. We had an amazing time.

– 17th October 2018, guest from Switzerland

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Annie`s Place is spacious, comfortable and extremely well equipped. The owners are nearby and have good information on local places to visit. This apartment is in a good situation to visit all areas of Orkney with good local walks and a shop next door. Fantastic sunsets and seal watching at the shore.

– 12th September 2018, guest from Glasgow

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We had a wonderful stay at Annie's Place. The owners were exceptionally helpful and did everything they could to make our stay enjoyable. The house was very well equipped with many thoughtful touches and was a great base for exploring Orkney

– 10th September 2018, guest from Buckingham

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Our third visit and everything was perfect as always. Superb accommodation in an awesome location with a welcome from Anne and Robin that's second-to-none!

– 17th August 2018, guest from Warrington

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Delightful hosts who have taken great care in providing a lovely holiday home. Accessible to exploring West Mainland easily. Although we didn't use the garden because we were out & about, knowing we could enjoy a beautiful garden / sit by the sea if we wanted to was much appreciated.